Full-Time
Lead Software Engineer
C#/React
Posted on 2/17/2026
Doran Jones Inc.
51-200 employees
Financial data engineering and application development
Compensation Overview
$150k - $200k/yr
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
 Software Engineering (1) |
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- 12+ years of software engineering experience in financial services environments, with 5–8+ years in leadership.
- Experience building and modernizing trading platforms or financial systems (OMS, EMS, risk, or similar)
- Strong hands-on experience with C# and Python in production environments
- Front-end development experience using React for complex, data-driven applications
- Full-stack architecture experience across APIs, services, and modern web applications
- Cloud platform experience (AWS and/or Azure)
- Proven track record of modernizing legacy systems into scalable, distributed platforms.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Lead architecture, design, and delivery of C#, Python, and React-based solutions supporting high-volume trading.
- Ensure performance, scalability, resilience, reliability, and regulatory compliance across cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
- Collaborate with business and operations teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers, establish best practices, and build a culture of technical excellence.
- Oversee delivery execution: backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting.
- Exposure to fixed income or multi-asset trading workflows.
- Familiarity with high-throughput, low-latency system design.
- Exposure to messaging systems (e.g., Kafka) and real-time data feeds.
Doran Jones Inc. provides data engineering and application development for capital markets, risk, and regulatory compliance, offering domain consulting, advisory services, and agile transformation. Its approach combines hands-on delivery in data, architecture, and software with AI/ML tools, data intelligence, and alternative resourcing to speed up large-scale digital changes. The firm stands out by hiring from non-traditional backgrounds to build diverse, sustainable tech teams and by leveraging its parent’s capital access and broad industry portfolio for practical financial services delivery. Its goal is to help clients speed up their digital transformations while creating pathways for people from underserved communities and veterans to start IT careers.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Charlotte, North Carolina
Founded
2010
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Offices in Charlotte and New York target key US financial hubs effectively.
- Full SDLC services including Agile and DevOps accelerate client transformations.
- Leadership's 25+ years expertise delivers immediate value from day one.
What critics are saying
- McLaren divests DJI within 12-24 months, cutting capital and triggering client exodus.
- Accenture undercuts DJI contracts in 6-12 months via superior scale and AI.
- SEC 2026 AI rules disqualify DJI's 66-employee team from compliance projects in 3-9 months.
What makes Doran Jones Inc. unique
- Women-owned firm specializes in capital markets data engineering and regulatory compliance.
- Recruits non-traditional talent from underserved communities and veterans for diverse teams.
- Acquired by McLaren Strategic Ventures in July 2021 for enhanced capital access.
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Benefits
Hybrid Work Options
Flexible Work Hours
Company News
McLaren Strategic Ventures, a global digital accelerator, today announced it has acquired Doran Jones, a leading technology consulting, data engineering and software development firm that specializes in capital markets, risk and regulatory requirements.